New specimens of the earliest European passeriform bird

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 315-323

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Manegold, Albrecht ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aves; Frauenweiler; Oligocene; Passeriformes; Wieslochia gen. nov.

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; OSTEOLOGY; PASSERINE;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TYRANNI;

EID: 33646813675     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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